Program requirements

All students are expected to attend the informal weekly Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar and give one talk per year for as long as they are in the MA and PhD programs. Behavioural Neuroscience graduate students are encouraged to attend and present papers at national and international scientific meetings of such academic societies as the Animal Behaviour Society, the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; the Society for Neuroscience; and the Psychonomic Society.

MA Program (at least 30 credits)

The MA program requires full-time resident study and should be completed within two years.

In addition, certain students may be required to complete additional courses or other undertakings because of deficiencies in their preparatory background; these requirements are specified by the program in coordination with the Graduate Student Progress Committee in writing during the first term of the student’s residence in the program.

Note: Students completing the MA program must apply for acceptance into the PhD program; acceptance depends upon the quality of the master’s-level work.

PhD Program (at least 12 credits)

Full academic year residency is required for PhD students until the attainment of candidacy.

Behavioural Neuroscience students must take at least four (3-credit) courses from the following list during their graduate studies (MA and PhD). Not all courses are offered each year, and other courses may be substituted on a case-by-case basis with approval from the student’s supervisor, area, and Associate Head, Graduate Affairs.